Patents by Inventor Jakob Schoerkhuber

Jakob Schoerkhuber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11781352
    Abstract: Overhead luggage compartment for an aircraft, having an upper luggage compartment element, having a lower luggage compartment element which is movable between an open and a closed position, having a first holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its closed position, and having a second holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein an operating element is provided which is connected via a force transmission device to the second holding device to hold the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein the second holding device can be switched by arrangement of the operating element from a holding position into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: FACC AG
    Inventor: Jakob Schoerkhuber
  • Patent number: 10364032
    Abstract: The invention relates to an overhead luggage compartment for aircraft, comprising: a tray for accommodating pieces of luggage, which tray can be pivoted about an axis of rotation between a closed position and an open position; and comprising a housing, which encloses the tray in the closed position and which has devices arranged thereon for fastening to a supporting structure of the aircraft and has a suspension device for a passenger service unit; and comprising a closure element for holding the tray in the closed position. The housing is formed by two frame parts arranged lateral to the tray, which frame parts are connected to each other by means of cross-braces, and the fastening devices and the suspension device for the passenger service unit and at least one stop element for limiting the open position of the tray are arranged on the frame parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FACC AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Kammerer, Sandi Koletnik, Jakob Schoerkhuber, Christoph Kralovec
  • Patent number: 10315768
    Abstract: The invention relates to an overhead luggage compartment for an aircraft, comprising an upper luggage compartment element, a lower luggage compartment element movable between a locked and an open position, a holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in the closed position, a lifting spring for supporting the movement of the lower luggage compartment element from the open position to the closed position, and a retaining device for fixing the lifting spring in the tensioned state in the open position of the lower luggage compartment element. An operating handle for releasing the retaining device in the open position of the lower luggage compartment element is provided, wherein the lower luggage compartment element is movable, optionally with support by the lifting spring or with the lifting spring fixed in a tensioned state, from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: FACC AG
    Inventor: Jakob Schörkhuber
  • Publication number: 20180319501
    Abstract: The invention relates to an overhead luggage compartment for an aircraft, comprising an upper luggage compartment element, a lower luggage compartment element movable between a locked and an open position, a holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in the closed position, a lifting spring for supporting the movement of the lower luggage compartment element from the open position to the closed position, and a retaining device for fixing the lifting spring in the tensioned state in the open position of the lower luggage compartment element. An operating handle for releasing the retaining device in the open position of the lower luggage compartment element is provided, wherein the lower luggage compartment element is movable, optionally with support by the lifting spring or with the lifting spring fixed in a tensioned state, from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Jakob SCHÖRKHUBER
  • Patent number: 10106258
    Abstract: An overhead luggage compartment for airplanes, comprising a stationary luggage compartment element which can be secured to a structural element and comprising a movable luggage compartment element which can be loaded with a piece of luggage, said compartments being connected together by a joint such that the movable luggage compartment element can be pivoted between an open position and a closed position. The overhead luggage compartment may comprise a device for holding the movable luggage compartment element in the open position, said device having a force transmission element which is connected to the joint between the stationary luggage compartment element and the movable luggage compartment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FACC AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Kammerer, Jakob Schoerkhuber
  • Publication number: 20180258673
    Abstract: Overhead luggage compartment for an aircraft, having an upper luggage compartment element, having a lower luggage compartment element which is movable between an open and a closed position, having a first holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its closed position, and having a second holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein an operating element is provided which is connected via a force transmission device to the second holding device to hold the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein the second holding device can be switched by arrangement of the operating element from a holding position into a release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: FACC AG
    Inventor: Jakob SCHOERKHUBER
  • Patent number: 9878791
    Abstract: An overhead luggage compartment for aircraft can be constructed as a fixed luggage compartment with a stationary housing and a pivotable flap, or as a lowerable luggage compartment with a lowerable tray, a stationary part having side walls and a movable part which is pivotable between a closed and an open position and has a closure element for retaining the movable part in the closed position. Those parts define a luggage-receiving space. Two fastening devices for fastening to a supporting structure of the aircraft on the side walls of the stationary part are disposed on the stationary part. At least one further fastening device is disposed in the region of the lower side of the rear side of the stationary part. The fastening devices are the same for the fixed luggage compartment and for the lowerable luggage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FACC AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Kammerer, Jakob Schoerkhuber
  • Publication number: 20170305551
    Abstract: The invention relates to an overhead luggage compartment for aircraft, comprising: a tray for accommodating pieces of luggage, which tray can be pivoted about an axis of rotation between a closed position and an open position; and comprising a housing, which encloses the tray in the closed position and which has devices arranged thereon for fastening to a supporting structure of the aircraft and has a suspension device for a passenger service unit; and comprising a closure element for holding the tray in the closed position. The housing is formed by two frame parts arranged lateral to the tray, which frame parts are connected to each other by means of cross-braces, and the fastening devices and the suspension device for the passenger service unit and at least one stop element for limiting the open position of the tray are arranged on the frame parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Bernhard KAMMERER, Sandi KOLETNIK, Jakob SCHOERKHUBER, Christoph KRALOVEC
  • Publication number: 20170137130
    Abstract: An overhead luggage compartment for airplanes, comprising a stationary luggage compartment element which can be secured to a structural element and comprising a movable luggage compartment element which can be loaded with a piece of luggage, said compartments being connected together by a joint such that the movable luggage compartment element can be pivoted between an open position and a closed position. The overhead luggage compartment may comprise a device for holding the movable luggage compartment element in the open position, said device having a force transmission element which is connected to the joint between the stationary luggage compartment element and the movable luggage compartment element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Bernhard KAMMERER, Jakob SCHOERKHUBER
  • Patent number: 9630700
    Abstract: A device for opening an aircraft door, comprising: a support arm arranged between the aircraft fuselage and the aircraft door; an opening system for opening the aircraft door; a support arm cover covering the support arm in the closed position of the aircraft door, the support arm cover having a cover element, and a flap element which swivels between being flush with the cover element, and a state in which the flap element overlaps the cover element; and a guide system for guiding the flap element, wherein the guide system has at least one guide arm, one end of which is joined in an articulated manner to the support arm, and the other end of which is joined to at least one guide element, which guide element can be guided along a guide track on the inner side of the flap element, when the aircraft door is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: FACC AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Kammerer, Jakob Schoerkhuber, Thomas Burgholzer
  • Publication number: 20160332716
    Abstract: A device for opening an aircraft door, comprising: a support arm arranged between the aircraft fuselage and the aircraft door; an opening system for opening the aircraft door; a support arm cover covering the support arm in the closed position of the aircraft door, the support arm cover having a cover element, and a flap element which swivels between being flush with the cover element, and a state in which the flap element overlaps the cover element; and a guide system for guiding the flap element, wherein the guide system has at least one guide arm, one end of which is joined in an articulated manner to the support arm, and the other end of which is joined to at least one guide element, which guide element can be guided along a guide track on the inner side of the flap element, when the aircraft door is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Bernhard Kammerer, Jakob Schoerkhuber, Thomas Burgholzer
  • Publication number: 20150360780
    Abstract: An overhead luggage compartment for aircraft can be constructed as a fixed luggage compartment with a stationary housing and a pivotable flap, or as a lowerable luggage compartment with a lowerable tray, a stationary part having side walls and a movable part which is pivotable between a closed and an open position and has a closure element for retaining the movable part in the closed position. Those parts define a luggage-receiving space. Two fastening devices for fastening to a supporting structure of the aircraft on the side walls of the stationary part are disposed on the stationary part. At least one further fastening device is disposed in the region of the lower side of the rear side of the stationary part. The fastening devices are the same for the fixed luggage compartment and for the lowerable luggage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: BERNHARD KAMMERER, JAKOB SCHOERKHUBER
  • Patent number: 8746154
    Abstract: A concealed 180° hinge for the movable connection of two parts between a collapsed state and a fully opened-out state of the parts has at least two U-shaped pivoting brackets. The hinge, which has the highest possible strength and also allows the two parts to be moved in relation to one another without any risk of collision, includes rotary pins of the two pivoting brackets on the one hinge part that are arranged in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the part, which can be connected to this one hinge part. The rotary pins of the two pivoting brackets on the second hinge part are disposed in a plane located substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the part, which can be connected to this second hinge part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: FACC AG
    Inventors: Jakob Schoerkhuber, Bernhard Kammerer
  • Publication number: 20120325123
    Abstract: A concealed 180° hinge for the movable connection of two parts between a collapsed state and a fully opened-out state of the parts has at least two U-shaped pivoting brackets. The hinge, which has the highest possible strength and also allows the two parts to be moved in relation to one another without any risk of collision, includes rotary pins of the two pivoting brackets on the one hinge part that are arranged in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the part, which can be connected to this one hinge part. The rotary pins of the two pivoting brackets on the second hinge part are disposed in a plane located substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the part, which can be connected to this second hinge part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: FACC AG
    Inventors: Jakob Schoerkhuber, Bernhard Kammerer